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minus-squareMagnetic_dud@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI saw someone on YouTube pissed that they bought 700 ebooks from Amazon and now that they enforce a harder DRM he can’t read them anymore. Bruh, you voted with your wallet to get DRM in your ebooks. You can’t complain if one day they change the encryption
minus-squareHeckGazer@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoBut I didn’t think the leopards would eat MY face?!
minus-squaremindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI think we have to thank people like this for demonstrating that losing your collection isn’t just a theoretical risk.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThe vast majority of the public hsve no idea what you just said. Their brain goes “I like book. I buy book! No more book? But I buy book!”
minus-squarehouseofleft@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI agree, but I also sort of think that’s fair enough. The fact that most people “buying” ebooks don’t understand what their transaction implies suggests a major market failing.
minus-squareDozzi92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI fully believe that if you paid for something, it gives you the right to go pirate another copy.
I saw someone on YouTube pissed that they bought 700 ebooks from Amazon and now that they enforce a harder DRM he can’t read them anymore.
Bruh, you voted with your wallet to get DRM in your ebooks. You can’t complain if one day they change the encryption
But I didn’t think the leopards would eat MY face?!
I think we have to thank people like this for demonstrating that losing your collection isn’t just a theoretical risk.
The vast majority of the public hsve no idea what you just said.
Their brain goes “I like book. I buy book! No more book? But I buy book!”
I agree, but I also sort of think that’s fair enough. The fact that most people “buying” ebooks don’t understand what their transaction implies suggests a major market failing.
I fully believe that if you paid for something, it gives you the right to go pirate another copy.